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Lauchs ,

I wish I could opt out of those messages. On streaming platforms that should be doable! (I really hate spoilers.)

jordanlund ,
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I don’t think it’s about making a positive difference, it’s about liability.

ilinamorato ,

I don’t doubt that someone might be thinking that, but I do doubt that any lawyer thinks it’s necessary. As far as I know nobody has ever brought suit against a TV show for a suicide case.

But I’m not an attorney.

A_Union_of_Kobolds ,

I’m pretty sure that 13 Reasons Why show had a whole thing involving just this

stoly ,

Lawsuits of “my child died because they copied your TV show” have been going on for decades.

lurch ,

Idk, but I bet they think it’s the least they can try. If it saves just one life, it has been worth.

GetOffMyLan ,

Yeah it’s like a 0 effort thing to try

BearOfaTime ,

Except it’s not zero effort, zero cost.

GetOffMyLan , (edited )

Pretty much is in reality. But not literally zero, no.

Zorque ,

It’s a job creator, so in effect it makes money.

/s

BearOfaTime , (edited )

But do we have evidence they’re effective?

It still takes effort/time/money to do this, and if it has no impact, then that effort/time/money could be used on things that are known to be effective.

I have no idea how much effect they have. It’s possible they have a negative effect.

Op’s question is do we have that information?

cm0002 , (edited )

How much effort/time/money do you think they put into that white text on black background that’s on screen for like 5 seconds?

It’s negligible, I would be shocked if it wasn’t the same recycled card over and over again that they have some unpaid intern throw in at some point in the final editing stages

It would probably cost more effort/time/money to do a study on its effectiveness than the pre roll does many times over lmao

Krono ,

It’s not about the production cost, its about the opportunity cost.

A quick google search tells me a national ad costs $200k-$1m for a 30s slot. That means 5 seconds of screen time costs $30k-$150k.

RightHandOfIkaros ,

Businesses do not care about people, I can pretty much guarantee those were added in order to waive liability. Example: person commits suicide because they see it in a show, family sues show company because that is linked to the person’s suicide, arguing the show encouraged the person to do it.

Would that hold up in court? I don’t know, probably not, but the company doesn’t want to deal with that. So they add a warning instead so they can just point to that and it gets thrown out immediately.

givesomefucks ,

Suicides can be really easy to prevent.

Like, the hotline itself is incredibly effective, and reminding people it exists would naturally help.

People aren’t getting the number from the intro, but it reminds them it exists.

Badeendje ,
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It also helps normalize actually think about it or discussing the subject.

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